Ford Focus mk2 Tyres:
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| Uniroyal Rainsport 2 (38) | 90% | 95% | 88% | 85% | 84% | 89% | 93% | 89% | 253,610 |
| Michelin Primacy Alpin (3) | 80% | 97% | 80% | 90% | 73% | 83% | 97% | 86% | 35,000 |
| Avon ZV5 (8) | 78% | 79% | 70% | 79% | 54% | 74% | 78% | 73% | 94,010 |
| Continental Sport Contact 2 (54) | 79% | 70% | 71% | 65% | 57% | 64% | 55% | 66% | 1,075,938 |
| Bridgestone Turanza ER30 (13) | 75% | 61% | 68% | 50% | 48% | 55% | 28% | 55% | 223,970 |
Writing about the Avon ZV5 given 85% (205-55-16-R)
Driving on mostly country roads for 0 spirited miles
Driving on mostly country roads for 0 spirited miles
The Eagle F1s I had on the Focus 2.0L just wore down too low for comfort when the weather was very wet, so needed some new tyres urgently. The Avon ZV5s were available along with some Pirelli & other tyres of good pedigree. Read the reviews & decided to give the Avons a go, replacing all four tyres. Really glad that I did. The wet grip is amazing - better that the Eagles, & they were pretty good when the tread was full. Dry grip seems OK too, but we haven't had a lot of dry weather of late so can't be 100% sure. These will be my tyre of choise in future.
Writing about the Continental Sport Contact 2 given 79% (205-55-16-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 18000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 18000 spirited miles
A decent all-round tyre on the Focus. Wet grip is definitely better than dry grip. It's quite easy to slide the tail-end of the Focus on a roundabout on the Conti's, but the feedback through the steering lets you know what's going on in plenty of time.
The tyres are very comfortable for fast road/motorway driving, but give a harsher ride around town. This could also be due to the sports-suspension set-up on the Focus though, and not a fault of the Continentals.
Reasonably priced at Blackcircles.com, the Conti Sport Contact 2 is a decent product, as a fair price. I would like them to offer a little more dry grip, but lets face it, living in the UK, wet grip gets tested far more often!
The tyres are very comfortable for fast road/motorway driving, but give a harsher ride around town. This could also be due to the sports-suspension set-up on the Focus though, and not a fault of the Continentals.
Reasonably priced at Blackcircles.com, the Conti Sport Contact 2 is a decent product, as a fair price. I would like them to offer a little more dry grip, but lets face it, living in the UK, wet grip gets tested far more often!
Writing about the Bridgestone Turanza ER30 given 69% (205-55-16-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 22000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 22000 spirited miles
Good touring tyre. Dry grip pretty good and good ride quality. Wet grip average but poor in very cold damp conditions. Tyre noise low.
Writing about the Uniroyal Rainsport 2 given 66% (205-55-16-V)
Driving on a combination of roads for 4000 spirited miles
Driving on a combination of roads for 4000 spirited miles
I bought these tyres for the rear only of my standard 1.6 VICT Focus on the strength of the reviews on this site. I have to say that these are the worst tyres I have ever bought for one sole reason - the super soft, bouncy sidewalls. The amount of oversteer that I now get in the dry would be comical, were it not for how disconcerting it is. The rear of the car now rolls massively on the soft sidewalls as the car turns and, and then continues to roll even more, meaning that I have to wind lock off mid corner. The missus even refused to drive the car at first, until I showed her that the grip was there. Ultimate grip in the dry seems OK and in the wet is very good and (unfortunatley) the wear rate seems ok too. All this coming off Pirelli P7s, which I have never rated highly anyway. This tyre may be ok in lower sidewall height guises and if used on all 4 corners at once, or for changing the balance of a car if you feel that it understeers/oversteers too much.
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Driving on mostly motorways for 10000 spirited miles
They were exellent. The grip in both loose and packed snow was unbelievable, but they also turned out to be much much better than ordinary Michelin Pilot's in normal British rain and damp as well. Under braking they stop Meters shorter and on corners they grip very well and broke away progressively. In the dry they are fine in normal driving but do not have the absolute grip and turn in of a high performance summer tyre. They may be a bit noisier, but not enough to be sure. However as soon as there is a shower of rain they are noticably better than "normal" tyres - and I do more driving in the wet than I do on empty dry tarmac. They do not seem to wear any faster than normal either - 10,000 miles, fronts half down and rears "as new".I think that is pretty good...
One superb incident when I left the handbrake on one morning as I drove off on packed snow. The fronts just gripped and we moved off with the (standard) rears locked. I didn't even notice until the back end started waving about as I slowed down for the first bend! Unbelievable. Highly recommended for all year round British driving.